AN's

ying a glass behind the bar. "You look l

eyes while dropping both my curriculum

tered, dropping into the stool li

not to probe into the interview or my jobles

in

e I pressed my nails into my skin, hoping

ning. Again, I had gone in search of a job but... nothing as usual. Walking in the h

had been marking tallies on a calendar or o

couting for jobs and it just seems like some

in my bones, but whatever you do, don't give up hope on

nto my pocket before retrieving

. My condolences, Mr. Doria

cker of lights, Ronan's voice calling my name. My heart pounded o

only hear him through a daze as tea

nc

e kept on asking if the surgery would happen. B

e could've had the surgery. The bills wouldn't have piled so

ands and see her blood on

d knowing that if I didn't pay rent by next

, jerking my hands a bit and that pulled me out

nd his countenance fell as he sta

I'm so

y heart rate. "Make it a double Martini, Ronan."

let you drink yourself into the grave." Ronan s

ack at home." I seethed, standing up immediatel

n't a good time for you to be alone, you'll spend the night at my place today." Ronan stated, matter of

always crept in whene

be... if he knew? I wasn't sure. And tonight, the thought of be

I and Ronan in one enclosed room, at n

es me... wi

I want h

le. Ronan and I a

ng was off. Maybe because Ronan is not gay? At the

*

th his night shift. He clocked o

't have the strength to fill the silence. I just replayed her laugh

e for a few seconds before

ed in on the couch lost in my own thoughts

e yourself, are you?" Ronan queri

ed out and he threw his hands up in surrender while I

of an incoming mail but it vanished almost immediately

ght th

EW FROM VALE

t thud onto the table as I took deep breaths trying to sta

sume? It's nothing impressive. Two years in retail. A failed internship. A bu

nto the table with a slight thud a

d, unsure of what to say while staring at the mail long and hard l

hey're actually a

with me." I said quickly and he dropped the f

e you sure?" He was equally stunned as I rubbed m

g of dr

to my dream, the person I w